dumka

dumka
/doom"keuh/, n., pl. dumky /-kee/.
1. a Slavic folk song that alternates in character between sadness and gaiety.
2. an instrumental composition or movement imitative of such a folk song.
[1890-95; < Czech < Ukrainian dúmka, orig. dim. of dúma a genre of narrative folk poetry; see DUMA]

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India
also called  Naga Dumka 

      town, northeastern Jharkhand state, northeastern India, lying east of the Mor River. It is a road junction, major agricultural trade centre, and headquarters of the Siddhu Kanu University. A weekly cattle market is held. Dumka was constituted a municipality in 1903. Pop. (2001) 44,989.

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